"Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex"

Newhouse News Service ^ | March 26, 2002 | Mark O'Keefe

[ImbecileBoy]

A soon-to-be-released book, "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex," is being advertised by its publisher, University of Minnesota Press, as challenging widespread anxieties about pedophilia. In an interview, the book's author, journalist Judith Levine, praised the Rind study as evidence that "doesn't line up with the ideology that it's always harmful for kids to have sexual relationships with adults." She said the pedophilia among Roman Catholic priests is complicated to analyze, because it's almost always secret, considered forbidden and involves an authority figure. She added, however, that, "yes, conceivably, absolutely" a boy's sexual experience with a priest could be positive. "When I was a minor, I had sex with an adult," she said. "He was one of my first lovers. My heart was broken, but my heart was broken by a lot of boys, too. I'd say on balance that it was a perfectly good experience."

[ImbecileBoy]

More proof that liberals don't really want "tolerance" in the field of sexual-orientation... they want blanket acceptance of even the most abhorrent behaviors.

[Recovering_Democrat]

University of Minnesota, eh? WAKE UP, MINNESOTA!!

[07055]

I wonder if the Catholic Church puts this woman on retainer.

[Winfield]

Of course, I'm sure you are all aware by now that our old "friend", Jocelyn Elders, wrote the forward for this book. She was on MSNBC this morning doing her usual double-talk. What a bunch of sickos the Democrats gave us in the Clinton administration!!!

[Izzy Dunne]

When I was a minor, I had sex with an adult," she said. "He was one of my first lovers.

So are we talking in the top five?
Top ten?
Top fifty?

[vin-one]

You should be banned for life for not putting a BARF alert with this posting.:)

These idiots think we will believe anything if they say it enough times, and
say it with enough conviction. this kind a crap pisses me off.
don't freaking tell me how to raise my kids, or that I was raised incorrectly
rant over.....

[Risky Schemer]

they want blanket acceptance of even the most abhorrent behaviors.

It will go beyond that. They will promote and attempt to compel participation, because refusing to participate, in itself, reproves them.

[Izzy Dunne]

a boy's sexual experience with a priest could be positive.

I'm sure the priests all believe this.
I'm waiting for all the revelations from men who were buggered as boys who now claim that it was a positive experience.

Waiting....

Waiting...

[JH147]

"When I was a minor I had sex with an adult...My heart was broken...I'd say on balance that it was a perfectly good experience."

Hmmmm...what a better way to work through some dark psychological issues than by writing a book stating that even though you were horribly abused - you came out of fine. How can anyone take this seriously?

[who knows what evil?]

On the 'Mike Gallagher Show' this morning, he mentioned that Ms. Levine has been quoted as saying that "she is aroused by nude photos of four-year old girls." Is the University of Minnesota (the Great Red North, Land of 10,000 Flakes) OUT OF THEIR FREAKING MIND??? By the way; kudos to all you "homophobes" out their on FR who proclaimed that pedophilia was NEXT on the 'gay approval' list. I would assume bestiality is next...at least the author of that charming little tome knows where to find a publisher. Maybe they should call it "MUSKRAT LOVE". (Apologies, America.)

[Republican Wildcat]

This on the heels of Speedy Gonzalez being censored as harmful to children.

[who knows what evil?]

Oops. their = there. Hard to see through the red mist of anger sometimes.

[Just another Joe]

Related article here

[Recovering_Democrat]

This perversion already up for sale on Amazon:
Pro-Pervert Book

[FreedomFighter86]

Have you all ever considered...reading the book and looking at the concepts behind it before attacking it?

[07055]

I don't need to read her BS to know that sex between adults and kids is WRONG.

[ImbecileBoy]

More incredulous drivel straight from the horses mouth...

http://www.upress.umn.edu/HarmfultoMinors.html

I hope the taxpayers in Minnesota are proud...

[Dinsdale]

Beasteality next?

Whatever you do don't search the net for Zoophile, you won't like what you find.

I'm woundering where this woman draw the line between childhood and adolescence. Early teenage sex is not a good thing but is nowhere near the evil of baby rape (especially between equals, authority figures involved are still evil SOBs).

[Marobe]

Judith Levine is a sick friggin person ! Typical of the Minnesotta leftist community ....